Hey dewdrop. I'm a recent grad of Advanced Welding Institute which is a school in northern wi. I think it should be your top choice or at least something you should definitely check out. You do every thin from carbon to aluminum plate and pipe.

Thanks for all the replies. Ive been messing with it every day pretty much so far I've found to like a 3/32 land and a 3/32 root opening running 60 to 70 amps with seems to work for me in 6g but not that we'll in 5g, it's probably just lack of experience and practice but do you guys change anything ...

I use a whip and pause motion. I set up with 1/8" land and an 1/8" root opening running anywhere from 50 to 60 amps.

Hey guys ive got a question for ya. Recently ive started pipe welding at my trade school. Running 6010 open root and 7018 fill and cap on 6" schedule 40. I like to run things as hot as I can but when I do that on my root pass I encounter a lot of suck-back from the heat. (so im told by my instr...